Turkey Elects President in the New System

Presidential and Parliamentary Polls held yesterday in Turkey has completed. Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first President of the new presidential system approved in the Constitution.

There were 6 candidates for the presidency in the elections in which nearly 60 million voters went to the polls.

While Recep Tayyip Erdogan was shown as a candidate for the alliance formed by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Muharrem Ince, a candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Yalova Deputy, Good Party (IP) Chairman Meral Akşener, Saadet Party (SP) Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu, Selahattin Demirtaş, a member of the Democratic Party of Peoples (HDP), Motherland Party (VP) General Chairman Dogu Perincek, were other candidates.

The AKP and the MHP forming People’s Alliance, the CHP, SP, IP forming the Nation Alliance, as well as the HDP, HUDA and the Homeland Party joined the Parliamentary Elections. As a result, democratic voting, both in the Presidential election and in the Parliamentary election, the People’s Alliance got a large majority of votes.